A PENSIONER was trapped in her home for four days by aggressive seagulls in a scene eerily reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s scary movie The Birds.

The pensioner was trapped in her home, terrified of being attacked by the gulls

Penny Freeman, 69, said yesterday: “It was absolutely terrifying.”

The two gulls were protecting their fledgling, which had fallen in her garden, and attacked her if she tried to leave the house.

“I couldn’t get to my washing, I couldn’t leave the house because the gulls would swoop at me, squawk, flap their wings and try to scare me away,” said retired care worker Penny, of Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

It was absolutely terrifying

Penny Freeman

“They also warn off predators with vomit, which was really vile.”

Penny’s terror only stopped when the young bird flew off unharmed, followed by its relieved parents.